Flying-machine.



DE WITT O. VOUGHT.

FLYING MACHINE.

PPLIUTIOH FILED APB. 91, 1910.

1,004,1 17. Patented sept 26, 1911.

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DE WITT C. .VOUGHT. FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AIB. 21, 1910.

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FlYING-MACHIN E.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2G, 1911.

ApplLcation tiled April 21, 1910. Serial No. 556,692.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl I, Dr: lVrl'r C. Voliour,

a citizen of the United States, and residing at ll'illiams Bridge, in the county of New York and State of New York, have inj vente(` certain new and useful vImprovements in Flying-Machines. ot' which the fol, lowmg is a specification, such as will enable L thostI skilled in thc a rt to which 1t appertalns to make and use thi same.

This 1.i\'enl1on relates to flying machines, and particolari@y to what are known as aeroplanes; and tile object then-ot is to provide a flying machine of this class which is simple l 1n cams-traction and o )eration and which is so constructed as to e automatically halaneed and held in proper position at all times; and with this and other objects in View the invention (onsists in a machine of the class specified constructml :is hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specificati-in, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts ot n'iy improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which ;--h

Figure l is a peispective view of my iinproved flying machine; Fig. 2 a front. end View thereof, andz-- Fig. fl'a sectional side view.

ln the oraetice of my invention I provide a cylindrical casing e. which may be constructed in any desired manner. as for instance` of aluminum suitably reinforced, or said casing may consist oi a framework eorered with canras. oiled silk or like material.

Passing around each end portion of the cylindrical casing o. is a band In, the bottoni pari b2 of which is set ott from lsaid easing so as to form segmental supports from which is suspended a` car c. The ear c .is suspended' from the segmental support b2 by stirrups c2, which are free to slide on said segmental supports b2 and as .thus suspended, when thernmeliine is in operation,

'the car c will alwaysbemaintained by gravity in a vertical plane axis'of the casing;r a.

At; tach end of the casing a is a spider work e2 in Vwhich is mounted a central longitudinrl propeller: shaftd provided, in the form of construct-ion shown, with end ropellers (l, and a central propeller al, all of which an within the easing a andithe to portion o.' said casing is provided witli pa ssing through the l l t i i i l r l i necte raised hood members aF which open upwardly and forwardly as shown at a. Placed in the car rf is a suitable niotcr fi, the shaft l5 of which extends longitudinally and eentrally of one end portion ol' the car c and is geared in connection with the rear end of the propeller shaft rl by a sprocket. or drive chain fl", which is mounted on sprocket wheels Y?? and 1I inountcd respectively on the motor shaft rif' and propeller shaft rl.

At, each side of the cylindrical casing 4a nrc wings o which are rigidly connected with. said casing at` c2, this connection beingr preferably made by dividing;r the bands into .separate parts and securing said parts to the framework of the wings e. and said wings preferably consist of rigid frames c" and a. hotly portion o of canvas. silk or other suitahle material secured in or to .said frames. Secured to thi` outer edge` portions of the frames c ofi the wings e and to the upper sides thereof are rods f which pass over and transversely of the cylindrical easingr a and through keepers f2 secured thereto and in which said rods are secured hy solderingr or otherwise. and similar rods f are s'fcurefl to the bottoni of the outer edge portions of the trames es of the wings e and pass transversely of and beneath tle cylindrical casing; fr and through the keepers .f secured thereto as shown in Fig. l and in or to whichthe rods f are secured, but my invention is not limited to this method of connecting the rods f and f3 to the cylindri cal casing' o und this connection may be lnade in any desired manner.

, Hinged to the outer edge portion of the `wings e are supplemental wing' mel-obers g,

construction shown are pins or rods g", with the upper end portions of which are coneords h whichpass over theitop of the cylindrical casing a in opposite dlrections, and through keepers .h2 secured there to and through which said cords are free to slide, and the. ends of the cords h are secured to the opposite sides of the care as shown at ha, the cord h which is securedto the right hand supplemental wing member g beiriig, e

secured to the left side of the ear a whi the cord h which is secured to the left hand supplemental wing member g is secured to the right side of the car c.

Connected with the lower ends of the pins or rods g are spiral springs a' to which are tom of the cylindrical casing o togetherA 'ith four of the rods f, but my invention is not limited to the number ot' these rods as will be readily understood.

With the method of suspending the cai' c from the cylindrical casing a, as shown and described and the method of hingiiig th(` supplemental wings g to the main wings e,

3o rection in 8.5 the normal position and the method of Springsji and rods i? as hei'ein shown and described it will be seen that if at any7 time the machine should turn laterally, thc car 5 c will also swing laterallyv and maintain its position in a vertical plane passing through the axis of the cylindrical casing a, and this operation of the ear c will raise one of the sup lemental wings g according to the diwhich said car swings, and this will tend to hold the machines equilibrium and keep it in roper position at all times, and in Fig. 2 0 the accompanying drawing I have shown or indicated this operation,

of the machine and especially the wings thereof being indicated in dotted lines while one of at the right, is raised and it will be understood thatl the springs z' and rods i serre 40 to return the supplemental wings q to their proper position at all times and to hold them in said position.

The rear erd portion of the machine is provided with a vertically arranged rudder j which is supported by toi'ltcd-sluiped brackcts 7'2 sccurr" to the top and bottoni of the rear end poi tion of the cylindrical casinpy o, -and the rudder is operated by cords connected with the outer edge portion therefu; of as shown at 7'4 and iassino alonfr the o the rudders may lie manipulated by the lar to the `brackets j,

posit-e Sider. oT' the rear end portion of the cylindrical casing o and 'mund pulleys j secured th--ieto and down ii Lo the car c, as ,shown at j" and by means of these ci rds j occupant of the car as will be readily under; stood. l

At the front .end of the iraehne is a nose or guide plane pivotcd in brackets L? simisaid brackets le heing secured to the front end portion of the cylindrical Casin f a, and connected witli't'lie front or freeedge portion ot the nose -or guide planek iis-shown at In are cords la,

one of which is passed around a pulley la at using the cords i and the.

said wings, that l the top of the front end portion of the cy lindrical. casing a, and the other around a pulley la at the bottom of the front ed e portion of the cylindrical easing a and th'" e cords is* are also passed down into the car c as shown at ki and by means thereof the nose or guide plane may he turned in either direction or manipulated as will be readily understood.

The car c may, if desired, be provided with wheels mA in the usual manner so as to facilitate the starting of the machine or the landing or lighting thereof. y

ln the operation oi this machine the air passes hackwardly through the cylindrical casing.: o and also downwardly and backwardly through the hoods a" and the propellers (Z2 and fl operating on this airto propel the machine in the usual manner and by iuelosing the propelleis in the cylindrical casing a so that they operate only on air passing therethrough in the manner ilescrihed I avoid the side or lateral currents which usually interfere with the propelleis l of machines of this class and also interfere l with" the operation of the machine and render said operation uncertain and dangerous.

lt will be understood that the machine is l started in the same manner as others of its l class and it will also be understood that the main wings e and supplemental win s g constitute the main planes of my impr ved llying machine, and the sup lemental wings l or planes g being, as herenbefore described l automatically operated, my improved liying t machine will maintain its proper position i and equilibrium in the ail-,pand suspen X ing the car c below the cylindrical casing a, the center of avity of the machine is l lowered and this 'also aids the machine iii maintaining its proper petition in the air. l i t l ivi ng rentiiig them from moving downwardly low the plane. of the iiiaiii wing members e.

t ',lhe hood members` er which open up- I i wardly and forwardly serre, as will bc iindei-stood, to lift orraise tliemachine. and l also to simply an addit lie operated upon by l l l l these, hoodsl serre tioiialainoiint ol` air to the rear propeller Je Ji". and both of these operations of the hood members u and the results produced thereby facilitate `the Ioperation and control of the machine;

I have also indicated at :n wheels which and central propeller may be applied to my improved ying' machine in the usnal manner, or as to other maehinesof this class, but these wheels form no part of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a flying machine, a cylindrical easing, a shaft mounted centrally and longitudinally therein and provided with propellers, a car suspended from said easing and adapted to swing laterally by gravity, a motor mounted in said ear and geared in connection with said propeller shaft, main wings secured to the opposite sides of lsaid easing, supplemental wings hinged to the outer or free edges of the main wings and devices connected with said car and with said supplemental wings whereby when said cai" swings laterally said supplemental wings will be raised and lowere'd.

2. In a flying machine, a casing, a pro peller shaftmounted -longitudinally therein and provided with propellers, a ear suspended from said easing and adapted to swing laterally by gravity, wings secured to the opposite sides of said casingl and projecting therefrom, supplemental wings hinged to the outer edge portions of said first named wings, springs connected with the supplelnental wings on the lower side thereof. rods connected with said springs and with the bottom portions of said easing and cords connected with the supplemental wings on the top side thereof, said cords being passed over said casing in opposite. directions and connected with said car.

3. In a flying machine, a cylindrical casing open at both ends and the top portion of which is provided with hoods which open upwardly and forwardly, a propeller shaft mounted centrally and longitudinally in said casing and provided with propellers, a ca r suspended from said easing and adapted to swing laterally by gravity, main side.

wings connected with said casing and supplemental side wings connected th said main wings and with said ear, whereby the movement of said car'will also operate said supplemental wings.

4. In a flying machine, a cylindrical casing open at. both ends and the top ortion of which is provided with hoods w lich open upwardly and forwardly, a propeller shaft mounted centrally and longitudinally in said easing and provided with pro ellers, a car suspended from said easing andpadaptd to swing laterally by gravity, main side wings connected with said easing and 4supplemental side win s connected with said main wings and wit l said car, whereby'the movement of said car will also operate. said supplemental wings, said easing being also provided at the frontend thereofV with a horizontally arranged nose or guide plane, and at the rear end thereof with a. vertically arranged rudder.

5. In a flying machine, a cylindrical casing open at both ends and otherwise closed except the top portion thereof which is provided with openings having hoods which extend upwardly and forwardly, and apropeller shaft mounted centrally and longitudinally in said casingand provided within said easing with Propellers.

G. In a flying machine, a cylindrical casing open at both ends and the top of which is provided with openings having hoods which extend upwardly and forwardly, a propeller shaft mounted centrally and longitudinally in said easing and provided with propellers, means for operating said shaft, side wings connected with said easing and a car suspended from said casing and adapted .to swing laterally by gravity.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 19th day of April, 1910.

Y DE WITT C. VOUG'HT. Vitnesses C. E. MULREANY, B. M. RvnnsoN. 

